<p>I wanted to apply to Princeton but I was worried it was way too uptight with no sense of humor. I worry about the Profs being too uptight and not liberal. All the other Ivies seem like free thinking campuses but though Princeton is beautiful who cares if there is so much thought censorship. Especially in this day and age! My friend at Brown says Princeton is really uptight once you are there. Is this true?</p>
<p>Short answer: no</p>
<p>Long answer: your friend has no idea what he/she's talking about</p>
<p>Can you elaborate I would love to go there. Are you there now? Is there much censorship there? Yale is putting out the Sex magazine, Harvard has cool courses that take chances, etc. Would I be stuck in a stiff minded institution if I went there. Can you elaborate please. Thank you so much.</p>
<p>The "stiff minded institution" thing is pretty much bull. It's an outdated image of Princeton from the 70s and 80s. Just because Princeton doesn't have a sex magazine doesn't mean it's overly conservative. It's hard to be too conservative when you have a collection of 18-22 year olds in the middle of New Jersey. The surrounding area is affluent, sure, but that doesn't translate into liberal-unfriendly.</p>
<p>I'm not there now, but I am an ED accepted student. Since it was ED, I did a fair bit of research on the place; I myself am a pretty hardcore liberal (and showed it on my application too), and I think Princeton is fine. It's not in the middle of Massachusetts, but I assure you that it's liberal stuff.</p>
<p>what is the social life like at dorms- co ed? Politics of Profs is it predominately conservative with less liberals? Is there censorship on the Internet like in High School?
Thank you.</p>
<p>Birdlover - You're kidding right? I answered you logically on the parent's board but you just can't be serious. Censorship on the Internet? All the politics professors conservative? Go look up the bios for the Woodrow Wilson school. </p>
<p>And after the filibuster we can't even say that it's non-acitivist at Princeton any more. It is more suburban, less hanging around being urban cool, but there are just as many committed activitists. There's a difference between liberal in action and being fashionably liberal.</p>
<p>So, in brief, your worries are unfounded.</p>
<p>Like everyone else said Princeton is definately not a conservative place. </p>
<p><a href="http://hnn.us/articles/10863.html%5B/url%5D">http://hnn.us/articles/10863.html</a></p>
<p>That article and just about any other on Princeton and politics will tell you the same thing. I think Alito gave Princeton a bad rep this year, unfortunately. Being around here during the 2004 elections proved to me that both the town of Princeton and the school are very liberal places.</p>
<p>^ Great article.</p>
<p>Princeton is a liberal school with a significant conservative presence, which in my opinion makes things more interesting. There are probably proportionally fewer conservative professors than there are conservative students, although there are some notable exceptions (i.e. Robert George, a far-right constitutional scholar).</p>
<p>I don't see any evidence of censorship. The Daily Princetonian regularly criticizes the administration for various issues, and we have speakers representing a wide range of opinions on campus all the time. </p>
<p>I don't know what you mean by "Harvard has cool courses that take chances" so I can't really respond. As far as dorms go, they are all co-ed, although you can request to live in a single-sex area. You cannot room with a member of the opposite sex.</p>